What is a neuter surgery?
A neuter is performed on male animals under general anesthesia. An incision is made either just in front of or directly over the testicles. The testicles are removed. In dogs, the incision is then closed. The incision for a cat neuter is left open to drain appropriately. Male Dogs (Surgical Sterilization) Neutering removes the testicles and so prevents testicular tumors in male dogs. A dog who develops a testicular tumor must be treated before the tumor spreads by the only effective means – neutering. Especially prevalent in older dogs, testicular tumors are the second most common tumor in male dogs. (Some dogs have one or two “undescended” testicles, which remain inside the body; these dogs have a particularly high risk of testicular tumors.) Although only a small percentage of testicular tumors are malignant, even non-cancerous ones can threaten a dog’s life. One type of nonmalignant testicular tumor sometimes secretes the hormone estrogen at a toxic level that destroys the bone marr
